Make More Space For Gaming With Level Up Kickstarter
February 14, 2020 by brennon
The Level Up Kickstarter is a simple premise that I'm fairly sure someone should have thought about a long time ago. The team who have put this together have built a new accessory which lifts up your games so that you can get more gaming in when space is at a premium.
As you can see, it is a simple but robust design which allows you to pop your board game, dungeon tiles or whatever else you might be tinkering around with up a level so that you can place all of your player boards, tokens and such underneath.
There are quite a few times when I've been playing the likes of Dungeons & Dragons or a big board game and I have cringed at the thought of someone just dropping a plate of pizza down right on top of everything. As I mentioned above, this is a rather simple idea but it's one that I commend this team for bringing to the tabletop. They are certainly doing well for themselves right now.
If you're interested in finding out more about this process and such, the team has created all manner of videos and such on it. It seems durable, has a good locking mechanism and the legs are placed in the right area to allow for plenty of extra stability.
So, if you need more space to game, maybe go and check out this Kickstarter...
"It seems durable, has a good locking mechanism and the legs are placed in the right area to allow for plenty of extra stability..."
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looks good I was going to say the legs look to far from the edge but you can order extra legs to prevent a tilt problem if you lean on the edge of the playing surface.
fantastic idea. just got in my 2x pledge.
Interesting product! For miniature games, you could use this as part of your terrain, creating a raised section of the board.
Very little details on the manufacturing on the KS page though, which is a big concern.
Great idea, but I’ll just build one myself I think.
A 4-7 blocks of woood for the legs, a big rectangular of MDF and you’re done.
It won’t be as portable, but the weight will make it more stable.
Or as an alternative : the Lack coffee table from Ikea.
You might have to trim the legs to get a good height, but you’d get the same effect.
It solves one problem … and replaces it with another. Yes, you save a few centimers of table space. However the raised height makes it more difficult to see what is on the board (especially for kids), which is probably why special ‘gaming tables’ tend to have a recesssed playing area so you look ‘down’ on the playing surface. The ergonomics of having to reach ‘up’ are also questionable and potentially problematic for long gaming sessions. If your table is ‘too low’ (like a coffee table) then this surface might make it more useful for (board)games. As such a surface… Read more »
Your last point is exactly what put me off. I signed up to the mailing list a few months back as I thought it looked interesting. I got three emails in the first day asking me to reply just to confirm I was getting their mail.
I think it’s nonsense… the idea is good but it won’t last… a few skinny legs to stand on…. no, that’s chaos waiting to happen… to much weight on either side and of centre and *bam*
the thing can handle the weight according to the video on the page, but given how careful he is placing it on the board I kind of doubt it can handle impulse.
Never mind someone accidentally bumping into the table.
Or sudden cat on table…. toddlers…
Sudden cat intrusion would be a major problem actually.
nothing withstands the damage a toddler can do …
cats are bad news for us gamers too.
Wondering what astonishes me more. The simpleness of this clever idea or the fact that these guys are going to raise about a million Euro with this project.
I doubt they could finish and deliver the project with their initial budget of 10,000. As such I suspect that this is closer to what they actually need. As for being surprised … 3 of the listed team members / collaborators for this project are marketing related. And apparently people are still sensitive to product announcements that contain buzzwords like ‘revolutionary’ And then they’ve got this link (at least they’re honest) : https://www.sprintcf.com/ This makes me wonder how many backers are actual consumers and how many are not. https://blog.producthype.co/kickstarter-tips-2020/ Yep … marketing agencies have discovered they can sell ‘get richt… Read more »
Ahhh… Thanks for that interesting insight. I’d like to believe that KS campaigns don’t work that way but it would make this success more plausible.
I think that’s because most creators are not as obsessed with making money as they want to release a cool new game.
That’s not to say that some projects should have done their homework and do the math before launching …
Honestly something like this isn’t for me. I personally don’t see the point, I’d much rather create my own than spend so much money on basically just making my table a bit higher.